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I'm barely pushing down, my friend. If you could be in my house you would be very, very surprised. I promise you. I'm using my weight to slowly drop into the keys. "Attack" almost wouldn't even describe how I'm playing.

OK, then.Maybe you can post another recording played on a decent grand, recorded with a better setup.

I played the G minor prelude from WTK II at a marking of 60 per sixteenth note, to get all of the holding and releasing down. It was a shock to find how difficult it was even at that speed. After about 15 minutes of it, though, I had it down solid. Then I did a similar thing with the fugue, that still needs some work.

Followed it up with a run of Mazeppa, which sounded better than it ever has at full speed. Bach is good for you, people!

I played the G minor prelude from WTK II at a marking of 60 per sixteenth note, to get all of the holding and releasing down. It was a shock to find how difficult it was even at that speed. After about 15 minutes of it, though, I had it down solid. Then I did a similar thing with the fugue, that still needs some work.

It was a shock to find how difficult it was even at that speed... After about 15 minutes of it, though, I had it down solid.

This almost seems like a contradiction.

I've never considered anything "difficult" which I then had solid after 15 minutes. Almost by definition.

-J

Only at that slow speed! It will still take some time to scale it up and still get all of the durations right. It's a four-voice overture, and the repetitive nature of it makes it easy to slip and take a wrong turn..

Beethoven, Beethoven, Beethoven Waldstein!!!!! The piece is turning out to be trickier than I thought...it's so, so, so hard to find what to do with all those repeating patterns

Tell me more! I've been working on it since June. My biggest challenge is to stay focused and not tense up. I found the first movement tricky but doable. The Rondo is mostly easy but there are places that are murder!

Which Rachmaninoff Etude tableaux?? The op.33 one (which is either the short E flat minor or the E flat major march), or the A minor op.39 one? I don't understand the appeal of the A minor etude tableau, I think it seems to mostly turn out as a bad showpiece.

As for me, I'm trying to finish up learning the third movement of Rach 2, and then start polishing the whole concerto. I'm also sorta working through the Tombeau. The Vine sonata and the Chopin ballade aren't getting as much attention, though I've performed the Chopin before.

Which Rachmaninoff Etude tableaux?? The op.33 one (which is either the short E flat minor or the E flat major march), or the A minor op.39 one?

Oh, sorry. It's opus 33 E flat major. (I've also been messing with Op 33 #4 because I like it. I may prepare it as a present for my teacher.) And I forgot, in a little over a week a friend and I are performing the Andante from Mozart's sonata for 2 pianos K448.

The Bach, Radiohead, and Cutler are good to go. Rzewski will take some reviving, and I've just got to learn the last variation of the Kapustin. I might sub out my transcription of Conga Line in heck for Vine's First Piano Sonata (a golden oldie for me) because I'm not sure if I can play it or not.